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==Dungeonpalooza==

'''Dungeonpalooza''' is a collectively-created world for any version of Dungeons and Dragons, Castles and Crusades, or just about any fantasy system where the GM wants to add a bit of levity -- and dungeons. LOTS AND LOTS OF DUNGEONS.


Dunegeonpalooza is designed to be a "living system" -- constantly in flux, with enough freedom for GMs to throw in just about any creature, location and dungeon their minds can create. The tone is generally humorous, although there are opportunities for drama and even terror. It is safe to say that if you aren't playing the setting at least some for laughs, though, that you are missing the point.


Read Thoth93's [[DungeonpaloozaIntro]] for a general introduction to the ideas behind Dungeonpalooza, or check out Dungeonpalooza's continents and deities to get it straight from the horse's mouth (but watch out, this is Gygaxian D&D; that might turn out to be a Vorpal Horse).


Enjoy what we've created so far, and add your own ideas -- either to the offical thread in the forums, or here.




=The Continents of Dungeonpalooza=

[[Cretaton]], where gnome meets dinosaur in a land of savage, one-sided battle.

[[Kas-Turaaal]], now with every type of climate for your adventuring convenience.

[[Pagurus]]; In Pagurus, the crabs scratch you!

[[Schlackengravva]], storied birthplace of dwarven surliness.

[[S'yar Wan]], a rainy, depressing and rodent-infested haven for adventurers too low-level to fight real monsters.


''[http://www.geocities.com/sailorkris/dungeonpalooza.jpg A Low-Rent, Black and White Map of Dungeonpalooza]''

=Gods and the Afterworld (thus far)=


''The Shining One''


The Shining One is the sun-god of the setting, a tireless crusader against evil. He is, as gods go, fairly meddlesome in the world of mortals, reaching down to smite darkness when it rises on the land. His priests are often trained to be expert dungeoneers and spelunkers, being the Shining One's agents where the sun itself does not reach. 


(Domains include Good, Sun, Fire, and maybe Glory from complete Divine. I see him as rather focused at what he does, but if others wanted to include War or Wrath or the like, that wouldn't be entirely inappropriate.) 


Granted Power: Clerics of the Shining One who are underground can glow with light equivalent to the brightness of a single torch at will. This way, parties can delve into the deepest dungeons while still forgetting to bring that torch they bought during character creation.


Sometimes, the Shining One gets a bit too zealous and mistakes simple selfishness for world-spanning evil. Not often -- just often enough so that the PCs might accidentally become a focus for him for a time. 


''The Lurker Beneath''


The Lurker Beneath is not a nice god. Its domains include Chaos, Evil, Death, and Earth, and those with access to the book of vile darkness can add Corruption, Darkness, and Pain to the list, and the Complete Divine suggests Madness and Pestilence. In Mythic Times, the Lurker Beneath was known as the Darkness Manifest, but it was struck down by the other gods, the high church splintering into thousands of warring cults, and it was entombed deep, deep, deep within the earth. The Lurker Beneath's cults, who all worship it under different names and aspects, seek to unearth their dark god, the labyrinth designs of their tunnels a foul geomantic ritual to summon aberrations and others of that ilk to defend them against those heros who would try to stop them.


The Lurker Beneath does have a name, one known only to his cultists. It is so horrible and alien that devastating acidic balefire consumes all who hear it. The cultists of the Lurker are known to sow discord by scrawling the name in restrooms, passing notes containing the name to adventurers and then running away, and by training parrots to say it before releasing them into heavily populated areas.


But it is said that there is a greater name -- a truer name. Finding the Lost Name is the obsession of all of the cultists, for it is said that those who know and comprehend the lurker's True Name will usher in his final return, a holocaust of death, freedom and ecstasy (but mostly, truth be told, death) that will consume Dungeonworld/verse/whatever as a purifying flame.


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 ''[http://www.geocities.com/sailorkris/dungeonpalooza.jpg A Low-Rent, Black and White Map of Dungeonpalooza]''
-=Prestige Classes=
+=Gods and the Afterworld (thus far)=
-The [[Axemaster]] is a student from Urferberf's Academy of Axemanship who emulates his mentor's axe-based combat style.
-The [[Dino-Tamer]] has attuned his spirit to the dinosaurs of western Cretaton, granting him a dinosaur companion, special skill at defending himself from dino predators, and even a few spells and quirks derived from his link with nature.
+''The Shining One''
-The [[Dwarven_Widow]] is a member of the elite Dwarven Widow Corps, a [[Schlackengravva]] security force that employs widows as front-line warriors against criminals and invaders.
+The Shining One is the sun-god of the setting, a tireless crusader against evil. He is, as gods go, fairly meddlesome in the world of mortals, reaching down to smite darkness when it rises on the land. His priests are often trained to be expert dungeoneers and spelunkers, being the Shining One's agents where the sun itself does not reach.
-=Gods and the Afterworld=
-'''Gods'''
+(Domains include Good, Sun, Fire, and maybe Glory from complete Divine. I see him as rather focused at what he does, but if others wanted to include War or Wrath or the like, that wouldn't be entirely inappropriate.)
-[[Bloat]], Chaotic Neutral god of reproduction voted "Fertility god least likely to put you in the mood"
-[[Dwarven_Ancestors]], great heroes, sages, and glove-makers worshipped by their living descendants in the Dwarven Empire
+Granted Power: Clerics of the Shining One who are underground can glow with light equivalent to the brightness of a single torch at will. This way, parties can delve into the deepest dungeons while still forgetting to bring that torch they bought during character creation.
-[[Elro_Mittin]], Neutral Good greater deity and crazy old father of the halfling race
-[[Festus]], Chaotic Neutral god of weather and agriculture
+Sometimes, the Shining One gets a bit too zealous and mistakes simple selfishness for world-spanning evil. Not often -- just often enough so that the PCs might accidentally become a focus for him for a time.
-[[Galfyndwr]], Chaotic Evil god of fire and healing (to keep those peasants burning hotter, longer)
-[[Girek]], Neutral Evil Lord of the Damned
+''The Lurker Beneath''
-[[The_God_Of_Irony]], Neutral god of irony and poetic justice
-[[Harus]], (arguably) Neutral god (arguably) of hotly-debated jurisdiction
+The Lurker Beneath is not a nice god. Its domains include Chaos, Evil, Death, and Earth, and those with access to the book of vile darkness can add Corruption, Darkness, and Pain to the list, and the Complete Divine suggests Madness and Pestilence. In Mythic Times, the Lurker Beneath was known as the Darkness Manifest, but it was struck down by the other gods, the high church splintering into thousands of warring cults, and it was entombed deep, deep, deep within the earth. The Lurker Beneath's cults, who all worship it under different names and aspects, seek to unearth their dark god, the labyrinth designs of their tunnels a foul geomantic ritual to summon aberrations and others of that ilk to defend them against those heros who would try to stop them.
-[[Kyrb]], Chaotic Neutral, sworn enemy of architecture (yes, he is Orcish, how did you know?)
-[[Lulham]], Chaotic Neutral demigod of twisted traps, cursed items and messy pranks
+The Lurker Beneath does have a name, one known only to his cultists. It is so horrible and alien that devastating acidic balefire consumes all who hear it. The cultists of the Lurker are known to sow discord by scrawling the name in restrooms, passing notes containing the name to adventurers and then running away, and by training parrots to say it before releasing them into heavily populated areas.
-[[The_Laughing_Goddess]], Chaotic Neutral goddess of adventure
-[[The_Lurker_Beneath]], Chaotic Evil cthuloid horror worshipped by parrot-wielding cultists
+But it is said that there is a greater name -- a truer name. Finding the Lost Name is the obsession of all of the cultists, for it is said that those who know and comprehend the lurker's True Name will usher in his final return, a holocaust of death, freedom and ecstasy (but mostly, truth be told, death) that will consume Dungeonworld/verse/whatever as a purifying flame.
-[[Melathea]], Chaotic Good goddess of elves and unfathomable, horrific kindness
-[[Polaza]], Chaotic Good child-god of toys, now offering the magic of childhood in
+Tickets available now. Book early, 'cause it's gonna be one hell of a show.
-convenient spell list format
-[[The_Red_Handed]], Lawful Evil god of military might
-[[Saint_Arkeos]], Lawful Neutral god of architecture and master of the Flying Buttress
-[[The_Shining_One]], Lawful Good sun god and patron of spelunkers
-[[Singsong_Slingswinger]], Chaotic Good goddess of gnomes, song and trade
-[[Vashar]], Neutral Good goddess of relaxation, putting in a half-day in the fight against evil
-[[Vermilax]], Neutral Evil lord of creeping things
-[[Madawasafa]], Chaotic Neutral gnomish goddess of invention